Ford Escape Hybrid Reviews

""...storage room is generous. Deep door pockets, a glove box, a big, covered storage bin and a smattering of cup holders and cubbyholes take care of your carry-ons.""

""The Escape Hybrid drives like a normal vehicle, with the engine controls deciding when the vehicle should be using electric power, or gas power, or both. All a driver does is drive.""

""Operating in front wheel drive under normal conditions, sensors in each wheel detect slip, and channel power rearward as necessary to maintain your grip." "

"?While more costly than conventional Escapes, buyers of the hybrid version get a one-time $1,500 federal tax deduction.? "

""The Escape's seats are arguably overstuffed and too shallow to offer good thigh support to tall drivers?""

""...the EPA?s estimating for hybrids seems less accurate than their numbers with gas powered vehicles. We averaged 28 mpg?s in a mix of city/country driving in my front wheel drive tester." "

""The Escape Hybrid is pricey, though. Starting manufacturer's suggested retail price of more than $26,000 for a two-wheel-drive model with continuously variable transmission is some $7,000 more than a base, two-wheel-drive Escape with 4-cylinder gas engine and manual transmission. It's also some $3,000 more than a base, two-wheel-drive, V6-powered Escape.""

""And, no, you don't have to plug it in.""

""You only need the electric motor to get started, but it takes a while to train your brain to this.""

""Fuel Proof.""